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REPUBLICAN MEUTINUS.
LACK AW ANN A. Friday, Oct. 30 In
Unbylon hull. Speukirs. Attorney John
M. Jlnnls. Attorney H. C. Kc.vnuMs.
CAnBONOALK-Saturday, Oct. 31. In
otrn house. Speakers, Mujor I'.verott
Warren. District Attorney John K.
Jones, Hon. C. P. U'.Mullty, Attorney
It. A. Zimmerman. Attorney r. V.
Klelta ami Attorney II. S. Alworth.
OL.YPHAXT. -Saturday, Oct. 3!, 1KM. In
Opera House. Speakers, Attorney A. J.
Colhorn, Jr., Attorney Q. M. Watson,
Attorney John F. Key Holds, Attorney
H. ('. Ueynolds.
WINTON. Saturday, Oct. 31. ill Tem
pt ramp hall. Speakers, City Solicitor
Janus II. Torrey, .Mark K. IOcIkui'.
SOUTH SIDK Monday, Nov. 2. In MohI
Icr's hall. Speakers, Hon. C, I O'M'il
loy, Attorney 11. Jl. Strecter.
SOUTH SIDE Monday, Nov. 2, In Gcr
mania hall. Speakers, Attorney R. A.
Kimnu'imnri, Attorney A. J. Colborn, Jr.
SOUTH SIDli Monday, Nov. 2. in Nat
ter's hall. Speakers, Attorney R. A.
Zimmerman, Attorney H. C. Ilcynplds.
BOUf H SIDE Ion.1ay. Nov. 2, In Work
inirmcn'a hull. Speakers, Attorney John
M. llarrls and Attorney H. C. Ueynolds.
BOI'TH SIDK. Monday, Nov. 2, In M.ls
elownkl'S' hull. Speukers, t'lty Solicitor
James H. Torrey, Attorney (Jcorxe .M.
Watson, Attorney L'harles Olver unj
ot hers.
SOUTH 8IDR.-Monday. Nov. 2, In Cen
tral Park Harden. Speakers, Attorney
Ueorni -M. Watson und City Solicitor
James II. Torrey.
SOUTH BIDK-Mnnday, Nov. 2. In Phil
lip's hall. Speakers, Attorney M. V.
Lowry and Attorney J. M. Harris.
C1T XUT1X
The Rowlno; association will receive
clwtlon returns in its own rooms on elec
tion night.
C. J. Thomas, collector of county and
state taxes for the year lSii." settled his
duplicate with the county commissioners
yesterday.
The will of Patrick rsrldurtt, late of
Carbomiale, was admitted to probate yes
terday by Register of Wills Hopkins and
letters Blunted to Catherine Url.Igett.
Morris Oakman, a Merman, employed
Dt the South works, sustained a crushed
foot yesterday and was brought to the
Moses Taylor hospital. It was caught un
der the elevator.
The.Yonnp Meji's Republican club will
tneet tonlKht In the Central Republican
club rooms and addresses will be deliv
ered by C. K. Chittenden and Attorney
J. J. H. Hamilton.
P. Wnldron, the horse dealer, wns arrest
ed yesterday at the Instance of Reese &
Long for twisting bills on their boards
without their permission. He was lined
by Alderman Howe.
A Rhode Island clnm chowder supper
will be given on Friday evening. Octo
ber 3oth, at the Court Street Methodist
Kpiscopal church, Park Place, managed
by class 3, boys, or the Sunday school.
A free lecture on mine ventilation was
Riven in one of the John Raymond Insti
tute class rooms In the Younj," .Men's
Christian association building- Tast nlnht
by J. T. Beard, C. E., E. M., the institute
mining Instructor,
At the Delaware, I.ucltawanna and
Western car shops the working houis
bave been reduced from ten to nine hours
per day, as the winter advances and the
day shorten this change in worklnj time
Becomes necessary.
"Miss Philadelphia" was produced asain
lant evening hefore a lurse audience n
the Academy of Music. In the company
re two yountf women who formerly re-
I.?idjE.tv ".n"?;. T.he are A"98 Knapp
and Miss Nellie Clark.
At the Hotel Jermyn eisht of Hauer'a
orchestra, have been endued to play dur
ing; the dinner hour, from G to S o'clock, on
tfundays ami holidays throughout th
winter. The innovation has a metropol
itan style to it and will be a feature an.
predated by the Sunday dinner patrons.
Marriage licenses wer..' granted yester
by Clerk of the Courts Thomas to Thomas
R. Dale, of 'Old Forge, and Miss Kntle
Van Lowven, of West Plttston; John Wild
and Pauline Leldeker, Scranton; John
Fldler and Lizzie Powell, Scranton- Jo
seph Wilrzfcwske and Mary lluclejeska.
Prlceburg. '
District Attorney Jones has requested
permission to use the council chamber
for the meeting of the gmnd Jury next
week. As there are no meetings of coun
cils this week the request -could not be
submitted to the city fathers, but as there
was no objection to granting a similar fa
vor formerly the mayor will take it upon
himself to grant the permission.
Dr. McDowell, dentist, 240 Adama
avenue.
We give away dinner seats, hand
somely decorated, with 35. lbs. of tea;
decorated tea gets with 16 11.; printed
toilet sets with 12 lbs. Special atten
tion given to club orders. Befranton
Tea store, C25 Lackawanna avenue.
Steam Hernias; and Plumbing. '
P. F. ft M. T. Howley, 231 Wyoming ave.
Tailor made fall suits and overcoats,
latest styles, John Ross, 307 Spruce
street
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Store, 623 Lack'a. avs.
HEARTY WELCOME
TO REV. DR. DIXON
Many Denomination! Represented in
Last Night's Bit Audience.
FORMALLY INSTALLED AS PASTOR
Sermoa by Rev. R. 8. Mnc Arthur, 1.
D., JU L. !., of New York City.
Salutary Addresses bv Rev. W. 4.
Watkias, Rev. J. U. Kckmau, Rev.
Dr. James McLeod and (.corge U.
MahyWhen Dr. Dixon itespoud :d
He Was Visobly Affet tedRecep.
tioa ia the Church Touight.
It was last nlnht made evident that
Rev. Joseph K. Uixon, IJ. D., who sev
eral weeks ago began his pastorate in
the Penn Avenue Baptist church, has
already won a warm place In the hearts
of Scranton'a church-gdng people.
This was In part attested by the at
tendance at the welcoming service
which was designated on the printed
programme as "a public greeting."
Every pew was occupied notwithstand
ing an unusual number of counter
events about the city which might
have been expected to affect the mem
bers In the audience, which included
men and women prominent in many de
nominations. The exercises were most appropriate.
As arraigned and carried out they
served to impress Dr. Dixon with the
splendid and appreciated fluid open to
REV. DR. JOSEPH K. DIXON,
Who Was Welcomed to the City's
Churches and Its People.
him for religious work and the prom
ised co-operation of his congregation
and brother ministry, and the eloquent
address of Rev. Dr;. It. S. Mac Arthur
D. D., LL. D., of Calvary Baptist
church, New York city, could not have
failed to show the auditory what con
stituted a prosperous church nor to
encourage the new pastor in his min
istrations. Enterspersed with singing of
un unusually attractive rhuractcr,
conducted by C. F. Whlttemore, the
programme was participated In by
Luther Keller, the church moderator,
who presided: Rev. William Hump
stone, the assistant pastor; Rev. S. F.
Mathews, of the First Baptist church:
Rev. Dr. C. E. Robinson, of the Second
Presbyterian church: Rev. W. O. Wat
kins, of the North Main Avenue Bap
tist church; Rev. J. O. Ecktnan, pro
dding elder, Methodist Episcopal
church; Hev. Dr. James McLeod. of
the First Presbyterinn church; Gen
eral Secretary George G. JIuliy, of the
Young Men's Christian association,
and Hev. II. H. Harris, of the Calvary
Baptist church, of Taylor. The exer
cises were arranged by L. M. Horton
and L. M. Gates, M. D two ot the
church otilcers.
OPENING EXERCISES.
After an organ prelude, one of Vnlk
mar's compositions, the hymn, "The
Ministry," was sung by choir and con
gregation, and an Invocation was of
fered by Rev. William Hampston, the
assistant pastor. A festival anthem,
"Rejoice In the Lord," by Kostchmar,
was sung in solo duet and by the choir,
and a scripture leson was rend by Rev.
8. F. Mathews. After a prayer by Dr.
Robinson, the hymn, "The Duy ot
Jubilee" was sung by choir and con
gregation. The four adulatory addresses were
brief, but effective welcomes to Dr.
Dixon to Scranton's Baptlstlcal broth
erhood, Scranton's Christian activities,
Scranton's field of labor and Its citizen
ship, delivered, respectively, by Mr.
Watklns. Presiding Elder Eckman, Dr.
McLeod and Secretary Mnhy.
Mr. Watklns, In intending a "Wel
come to the Brotherhood of Scranton
Baptists," recalled' the story of the
Baptist's son who lived riotously and
finally pawned his overcoat, CL-at, vest
and trousers In the order named, and
then, as Mr. Watklns put It, "The un
mentionables," when he came to him
self. He had meanwhile Increased his
riotous living as he parted with his
garments, but finally halted when he
realized his state, and said lie would
go to his father, which he did, and
parted with his sin. Mr. Watklns left
his hearers to apply the ilustration
to Dr. Dixon, who, he said, had for
two years been riotously wandering
among the Aborigines, the Indians and
the .wild lands of the West, none of
whom would have him, nor would the
Indians in New York City, and ho had
finally come home to Pennsylvania.
The people he counselled to last sprint?
and summer were still clamoring for
him, but he remembered, "If sinners
entice thee, consent thou not."
Three thousand Baytlst members and
many thousand others susceptible to
Baptist effort were here to be worked
upon, said Mr. Watklns. The field was
neither politically nor religiously dry;
alas for the former, thank God for the
latter. So, Baptlstlcally, there was a
welcome. The Penn Avenue was the
main Baptist church, and Its pastor
the main pastor In the Baptist brother
hood, and to him his brothers would
look for wise counsel and good works.
ELDER ECKMAN'S WELCOME.
Elder Eckman's welcome was "To the
Christian Activities of Scranton." He
would have had abundant material to
extend the welcome, he said. If the
word "Christian" had not appeared in
the topic, .as Scranton was a city fa
mous In Its activity in business, in
learning. In charity, In its profession
and all else that conspired to make a
great city. But there was room for
Christian activity. The speaker's
Methodist constituency was large, very
large, but In this region there was a
unit of denomlnatlonallsm ti elevate
the church and In love of Christ. Bap
tists were a part of it and there was
room for Dr. Dixon to take a part In
It. If the Baptists did not use him
well he could go over to the Methodists,
who would take good care of him.
' Dr. McLeod was In his happiest vein
In Introducing his subject, a "Welcome
to Scranton as a Field of Labor." The
city was young, strong and vigorous, he
said, and disposed to grow more vig
orous, but with all Its health it had Its
saints and sinners, the former pre
dominating In force and the latter in
number. It was Dr. Dixon's business
to help save the sinners and make the
saints more saintly. Of the sinners.
Dr. Dixon would find some In his own
church and many outside, but in his
efforts to save them It was not neces
sary for him to be so successful that
all the saints and sinners Into his
church, as "then Brother Robinson's
occupation would be gone."
With his heart In his work and his
work In his heart. Dr. Dixon would
succeed. He must stand with the
other churches; the other churches
would . with him. The Presbyterians
would: they and the Baptists were first
cousins. -They were more-than that
brothers, as they had the same Father,
the . same Savior and blood is thicker
than water.
NO FAULT TO FIND.
The two churches were of the same
post. The rresbyterian army found no
fault with the Baptist nor vice-versa;
the two must run for the same object
though the navy might experience
some difficulty in running on dry land.
There was no better cjty In which Dr.
Dixon could put his talent to the test.
Dr. McLeod scored the floating church
goers who attend various churches
with the sole object of being enter
tained, warned Dr. Dixon against
them and closed with the toast of Rip
Van Winkle that the new pastor might
"live long and prosper" and that he
might have God In his heart.
Secretary Mahy, who extended the
"Welcome to Christian Citizenship" re
ferred with a tinge of humor to the
first time pieces which ran by water
nnd wore imperfect pieces of mechan
ism. They ran slow like the finishes of
the preceding speakers who had been
admonished to deliver but 3-minute ad
dresses. Dr. Dixon had been welcomed
as a Baptist, a Christian and a pastor;
It was the speaker's privilege to wel
come the man and he would do it with
a hand-clasp, as all true men should be
welcomed. Progesslve cities, Scran
ton among them, are not slow, but are
anxious to Invite among them men
with money and influence. That was
one characteristic of Scranton's push.
But the city needed godly men and the
godliness that came with their pres
ence. Such an one was Dr. Dixon.
Scranton needed him and would use
him. If he broke down under the strain
he might go over to the Young Men's
Christian association gymnasium and
be made a better man physically.
Dr. Mat-Arthur's sermon, which ap
pears in full at the conclusion of this
article, was In Its thought, style and
sentiment, all coupled with the divine's
inspiring eloquence, an Illustration of
the power of the later-day preacher.
He delivered It with an Intensity of
manner and evoked applause frequent
ly. In his political references and his
avowal of the pastor's right to express
himself on current topics he was not
at all mincing, but delivered himself of
those utterances in such forceful man
ner that his meaning could not be de
nied. At the conclusion of the sermon, Mrs.
Lizzie Hughes Brundage, soprano, sang
"The Holy City" with a violin obli
gato by Miss Clara Long.
DR. DIXON AFFECTED.
Dr. Dixon was visibly affected and
not equal to his usual robust'style of
speech In his response, which was very
brief, to the welcomes and the sermon.
He said In part:
"When you called be to the pastorate
of this church you supposed me en
dowed with good sense, and to show
that I possess it I will not make a
speech. When I was a student in the
seminary at Rochester I often heard
the sermons of Dr. Robinson. The key
note of his prayer urges me to do here
the best of my work. Way yonder on
the shore of Hemlock Lake where Ro
chester gets her water supply is a
grave by which sweeps a stream. My
mother lies there. One day when a lad,
I borrowed a horse and wagon with
which to convey sod to cover the
mound and plants to beautify it. I per
formed the work and then kneeled there
and consecrated myself to the Christ
ian ministry. My mother's memory has
heen and Is with me and will be a
guide in my efforts to serve me in this
my present office. I thank you most
deeply for this welcome, and Dr. Mac
Arthur, the foremost Baptist minister,
In this or any country for the part he
has taken In it. He has been a father
to me and more kind than I can tell.
Agnin. I thank you."
The service closed with the singing
of the doxology, and a benediction by
Rev. H. H. Harris, of the Calvary
Baptist church, of Taylor. Many re
n m I ned to greet Dr. MacArthur.
During the eveniilg Mr. Keller, for
the church. Invited members of all de
nominations to attend the reception to
Dr. and Mrs. Dixon In the Church at
8 o'clock this evening.
Dr. Mac Arthur's sermon topic was
"Some Characteristics of a Prosper
ous Church." He said:
DR. MAC ARTHUR'S ADDRESS.
Most heartily do I congratulate Dr.
Dixon and thin church In the union
furmed between them, and now pub
licly recognized by these services. This
church Is widely and honorably known
to the entire sisterhood of churches;
and Dr. Dixon's praise Is in all the
churches as an accurate student, an
able preacher, a devoted pastor, and
a high-toned Christian gentleman. It
is fitting that on such an occasion wi
should discuss a genuinely practical
Bubjcct. I therefore have chosen as the
topic of remark Some characteristics
of a Successful Church.
It must be a living church. Rightly
does Tennyson sing in the "Two
Voices."
"'TIs life, whereof our nerves are scant,
O, life, not death, for which we pant,
.More life, and fuller, that 1 want."
"This need Is especially true of a
church. A dead church Is a misnomer;
but unfortunately such misnomers are
not unknown. Mr. Spurgeon told us
that he had often seen dead men in
pulpits, dead men as deacons and dead
men in all the pews. A church which
lives only for Itself Is dead while It
lives. Selfishness Is death; seaj-
negatlon Is life, Joy and blessednS
Religion gains life by Imparting life.
If no one knows that you are a
Christian, It Is true that everybody
should know that you probably are not
a Christian. If a man can keep his re
ligion to himself, he has a religion
w hich Is not worth keeping. The more
of true religion the man gives away
the more he keeps; the less he gives
away the less he has. Jesus Christ can
never be hid. He cannot be hid In the
Bible. His presence is recognized by
the devout heart from the first majes
tic words In Genesis to the last love
notes in Revelation. He cannot be hid
in the heart; his presence will be re
vealed in the grasp of the hand, in
the tone of the voice, in the glance of
the eye, and In the entire walk and
conversation of the true believer.
Christ Is the Rose of Sharon; he is the
Lily of the Valley, and If these frag
rant flowers be In our bosom,' their
divine odor will fill all the atmosphere
in which we move.
"This life must come from Jesus
Christ. The last dictum of science Is
that life can come only from life. The
origin of life Is, evermore a mystery.
It cannot be discovered by microscope
or scalped. It eludes all our endeav
ors to mnster Its secrets. The Word
of God tells us that In Christ was life.
He is its deep, eternal and divine
Fountain. From him each true believer
draws all his supplies of this myster
ious power.
ECCLESIASTICAL RITES.
"It come directly from Christ to the
waiting and trusting soul. We are not
dependent on ecclesiastical rites and
ceremonies for this divine life. Christ
as its divine supply Is sometimes lost
In creeds and confessions; the divine
life is often interrupted In Its flow by
elaborate ceremonies and groundless
traditions. Whatever comes between
the seeking soul and the loving Christ
Is a hinderance and not a help. Frank
ness compels the admission, that there
are still many fag-ends of heathenism
In some so-called Christian creeds.
When baptism of a child or adult is
made a saving ordinance, a regenerat
ing Influence, Christ as the Author of
spiritual life is dishonored and the flow
of the Divine life Is Interrupted.
"That was a curious spectacle which
we have recently seen in England
when the great Gladstone wav vir
tually at the feet of the Pope, asking
him to validate the orders of the
Anglican church. The Pope practically
raised his foot and left Mr. Gladstone
In a sprawling rather than a knelling
position. The historical question turns
on the eclesiastlcal re ations of
Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Can
terbury. Was his successor rightly
joined to hi. predecessor? Was his
successor rightly joined to him? This
is the pipe-line idea of obtaining re
ligious blessings from God. This is a
case of ecclesiastical plumbing. It there
was any defect in the churchly sol
dering the connection is lost and the
divine communication is destroyed.
Really this idea of religion makes the
whole subject wholly unworthy of hu
man intelligence.
"Both in Ehgrland and in America
certain men have proposed church
unity on the basis of our acceptance ot
the "Historic Kpiscopate; and behold,
now the Pope tells them that they have
no "Historic Episcopate" for them
selves. They are all sent with us into
the outer court of the gentiles.
Against this conception the human
mind utterly revolts. No wonder that
in countries where these ecclesiastical
Ideas prevail lartce numbers of the peo
ple are infidels in faith and atheistical
in practice. The Word of God every
where appeals to our dlvinely-g'.ven
reason. Uod nowhere shocks our nooie
reasoning faculties; we nowhere read
that we are saved by Parker. We are
nowhere informed that our salvation
depends upon ecclesiastical plumbing.
The Word of God uniformly represents
the true minister as a prophet and not
as a priest. He Is nowhere a performer
of priestly ceremonies, but is always
and everywhere a proclalmer of divine
truths. This priestly conception makes
the minister merely a channel through
which certain religious blessings How.
He need net be a man ot education. In
the broad sense, nor a man of high
moral qualities, for he Is simply a con
ductor of supposed spiritual blessings.
According to the theory of the Roman
church the ministers may be called
consistenly a priest, because In that
church the offering of the mass Is 'a
real though unbloody offering' of the
Christ.,
MINISTER'S TRUE IDEA.
"This Idea Is consistent with the fun
damental principle of that church, al
though it Is an unscriptural conception.
But In a Protestant church the priestly
function Is both Inconsistent and un
scriptural. The true Idea of the min
ister Is that he Is a foreteller, a forth
teller and a forteller. He Is therefore
to be master of knowledge In Its broad
est ranges. He is to' be a living man
and to represent a living God, declar
ing living truths: and the church is to
be the living body of the living Christ.
We serve not a dead but a living, un
throned and triumphant Redeemer.
The body of this Redeemer Is to be a
living body as is its living Head.
The prosperous church Is also a la
boring church. God gives us no good
thing except as the reward of toll.
Cost and worth are ever close neigh
bors. God does nothing for us which
We can do for ourselves. The miracu
lous element Is found In Scripture, but
It Is always reduced to Its lowest point.
The servants at the marriage feast In
Cana of Galilee could fill the water
pots with water, and they could draw
out the wine; but they could not change
the water Into wine. Between the till
ing and the drawing the divine power
came down and, as Crashawe long ago
said:
"The conscious water saw its God and
blushed."
"Whatever we can do, that the
Providence of God requires us to do.
Labor In the church and the world Is
evermore the true standard of value.
An ounce of gold Is worth more than
an ounce of silver Just because, as
things are, it costs more labor to se
cure an ounce of gold than an ounce of
silver. No fiat values can maintain a
ratio which is contrary to the laws of
nature. The laws of nature are the
laws of God. God has never vacated
his throne. He will not be relegated
to ancient centuries and to remote
countries. No church can prosper
which violates the relation between
spiritual labor and spiritual blessing.
This law is as universal and as Irre
sistible as the law of gravitation. It
applies to all our secular, as truly as to
our religious relations. Congress might
pass a law that three bushels of pota
toes should always be equal to one
bushel of wheat. That congress could
do, but if the laws of nature gave us
in any season an enormous crop of
potatoes and a very scanty crop of
wheat, all the laws of all the legisla
tors of the world could not maintain
the ratio of three bushels of potatoes
to one of wheat. There Is a relation
as exact as any law of nature which
we express by the law of supply and
demand.
CHURCH LAW OF RATIO.
"In accordance to that law we have
recently seen wheat going up and sil
ver going down. All the politicians
and political candidates In the world
could not long reverse or hold In check
this natural law. It Is not otherwise
In the church of God. We are to be
laborers together with God. No church
can expect to reap In harvest time ex
cept It sows In spring time. No church
can rejoice In increasing numbers and
In a deeper spirituality except It labors
for that end. An Idle church Is not
worthy to be called a church of Christ.
Christ himself was the true worker.
He worked up to the limit of his
strength; and He teaches us that we
must follow His divine example. No
church can neglect this universal law
and prosper. 'Whatsoever a man sow
eth that shall he also reap.'
"A prosperous church is also a loyal
church. It must be loyal to tne word
of God as the only rule of faith and
ractlce. The so-called long and
rong creeds do not conserve doctrine.
Many churches reciting such creeds
have departed more widely from Scrip
ture teaching than churches which
have no creeds, in the technical seusa
of the term. All the historical creeds
are the results of compromises. The
circumstances of their origin rob them
largely of their spiritual authority, It
Is often far more difficult to under
stand the creeds than to understand
the scriptures on which they are sup
posed to be based. Creeds often ob
scure rather than clarify Scripture
teaching. The word of God should be
the only rule of faith and practice In
every church of Jesus Christ. When
it Is exalted spiritual blessings may be
expected. The church must also be
loyal to Jesus Christ as its Divine
Head. He alone is the true King in
Klon.
"His word Is the supreme law. If
we depart from his commandment ond
His example we are like men at sea
without ruddet or compass. Only as
we listen to His voice and walk in His
footsteps are we safe. There Is no
stopping place between rationalism on
the one side and the dangers of extreme
cceleslostlcism on the other. If we re
ject the supreme authority of Jesus
Christ as revealed In Holy Scripture.
A true church should also be loyal to
the government of our country. Pa
triotism and piety are twin flo.vsrs
growing on one stem whose root Is love
to God and love to man. The old He
brew did not distinguish widely be
tween his religion and his patriotism.
His love for Jerusalem was the symbol
of his loyalty to both. Christian men
and women ougrht to preserve very
close relations between their loyalty to
country and to God. It Is true that all
Christians are citizens of another coun
try even an heavenly; but they nusht
all the more to be loyal citizens of the
earthly country. The better the Chrls
tlans.the better the citizens. It is said
that the pool of politics is very dirly
and that Christians ought to keep clear
of it.
DIRTY POLITICIANS.
"That the pool is dirty, I will not
deny. Many men make a living by
keeping the pool in that condition. How
will It ever become clean If all clean
men refuse to perform their political
duty? In its place and for its pur
pose, the ballot box is as sacred as the
waters of baptism or the table of com
munion. In our country the ballot box
Is the ark of the covenant of the re
public. There are men who say that
they are so Interested in the other
world that they excuse themselves for
not doing their duty as patrlotis In this
world. It Is almost certain that such
men will never see another world M
good as this world. Christian men must
donheir duty in politics if this country
is to be preserved. I do not favor the
preaching of partisan politics in the
pulpit, but I do favor the preaching of
a broad and noble Christian patriotism
in every Christian pulpit.
"American Christianity Is now on
trial. Shall this Union be dishonored
among the noble nations of the earth?
Shall an lnnelible stain be put upon
our dear and noble flag? Shall Ameri
can Christianity be stabbed to the
heart in the house of its American
friends? The man who preaches Inter
est In politics today is advancing the
cause of Christianity at home and
abroad. A few months ago I was In
India. Riding out from Benares, the
capital of the Hindoo world, a learned
Hindoo, himself a heathen, made to me
this remark: if Tammany hall Is the
best that Democracy can produce In
munlcipnl government, I prefer high
Imperial government: and if Tammany
hall is the fruit of Christianity, 1 pre
fer to remain a heathen.' I saw then,
as never before, that a man standing
In a New York pulpit preaching pure
municipal politics is a missionary of
Christianity in heathen India. This
republic Is a city set on a hill.
IS THE FLAG IN DANGER?
"All the nations of the earth are
watching the experiment we are mnK
ing a republican form of our govern
ment. Can we endure the test? Is our
flag, that wns washed by the baptism
of blfod from the stain of slavery, now
to be stained with national dishonor?
Is that flag to be blackened by the foul
hand of anarchy? May the blessing
of God and the votes of the American
people prevent this national disgrace.
God forbid! Better that the nation
had perished in the Civil War than
that it should live to lose Its honor and
all that makes national life desirable.
God help us to preserve without stain
the flag which floats over our country
today as the symbol of liberty in the
land of the free and the home of the
brave.' I believe that when the sun
sets on Nov. 3 not an angel on the
crystal battlement of heaven with the
most improved celestial telescope will
be able to' see a single plunk In the
Chicago platform of dishonor. It will
be burled forever out of the sight of
angels and men.
"A truly prosperous church must be
a loving church. It must be marked
by love to Ood and love to the souls
of men. Love is an Irresistible power.
Love has a brotjue; a sweet dialect of
Its own. This dialect can never be suc
cessfully assimilated with unloving
hearts and lives. Love Is a three-fold
cord which draws men from self and
sins to holiness and heaven. Love as
similates us to God, who Is not only
loving, but loved In his essentlnl na
ture. Love will fill the pulpit with an
Indescribable but Irresistible drawing
power. Love will fill the pews with
earnest souls who, In turn, will go out
tolling others to the feet ot Christ.
"All other gifts and graces are com
paratively powerless without love. The
Apostle Paul was the Apostle of logic,
but he was also the apostle of love.
He wrote the thirteenth chanter of
First Corinthians, which hns been
called the 'New Testament Psalm of
Love.' In that chapter he shows us
that love Is greater than sacrifice,
greater than eloquence, greater than
faith, greater than hope. Love Is the
queenly grace. Mr. Beecher finely said
that love was the seraph, and that
faith and hope were the wings by
which It Hew. If this church be truly
a loving church. It will not fall to be
a loyal, a laboring and a loving church;
and in turn. If It has true love to God,
It will not fall to manifest true love of
God to all men.
"That God may crown the union of
this pastor and people with the richest
blessings of his grace, is my sincerest
desire and prayer."
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Whistles Uivcn Away.
The school boys are Invited to call
at Protheroe & Co.'s store, 134 and 1.18
Washington avenue, Saturday, Oct. 31.
at 3 p. m. and get a whistie free of
charge.
Fish, Sc. Per Pound.
Atlantic Fish Co., 118 -Franklin ave,
The King ot Pills U Beecham'a.-BEECHAM'8.
A SPLENDID SUCCESS.
BLACK'S
NEW CLOAK DI PARTMF.NT
At 132 Wyoming nvenue (A. R. Sawyer's
store! Is a decided success.
The interest of the visitors is about
equally divided between the Cloak le
partuient and the stock it contains. But
the
Prices Wus the Cause of Wonder.
Never before had anyone seen such low
prices on such high grades of
Jackets, Cupes, Suits und Fur
Today and as lontr as they last:
25 Ladies' Novelty Separate Skirts, at
$3.75. sold for
50 Misses' Tweed Jackets, nt 16.50, sold
for !t.;V).
25 Ladles' Cloth Jackets at $S.50, sold for
$12.00.
We have the best $10.00 Jacket to be
found In this city. Come and see Black's
New Cloak Department.
A. R. SAWYER,
33 Wyoming Avenue.
REEVES JONES,
CONCERT PIANIST.
(Musical Director of the First Presby
terian Church.)
, Teacher of Piuno, Organ and
Harmony; Also the Art of Accotn
panying TauRht. Studio at Kesi.
deuce of the LATE HERR KOPFF,
302 Adams Avenr.e, Scranton.
EES! SETS OF W, SS.00
Including th. painless extracting of
tnth by aa ratlraly new proceaj.
S. C SNYDER, D. D. S.
NnMlt, Opp. Hotel Jermyn.
Good Quality Shades on Spring Rollers, at 20
and 25 Cents. Best Holland Shades with Fringe
and Lace to Match.
CSPMade and put up by First-class Workmen
LINOLEUMS, 4 Yards Wide, at SO Cents
Per Square Yarn.
CSTOil Cloth Rugs for Shoves.
JAPANESE RUGS, 36x72 inches, at
$1.25 Each.
SIEBECKER &.WATKINS,
Opposite Wyoming House.
IBS
IIK
Ant Wa Soli Bii
PLAIN COLD RUGS.
UIIHB
We keep all sizes and
shapes.
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M, THE J
423 Lackawanna Avanm.
$11.98.
3ATIIM TOPPED
FLY FRONT OUERCOflT
The satin in this garment is made
absolutely pure dye silk and guaran
teed to wear two seasons. The Kersey
is superior to anything that was ever
offered for $16 The tailoring is cor
rect and we are selling them in men's
sizes in blue or black for
$11.98.
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WARNING.
We wish the public to know that
the men who are going about so
liciting Piano Kepairs and Tuning
are not connected in any way
with our house.
They are using our name for the
sake of guinlng confidence.
BEWARE OF
TPAJ1P TUNERS
If your Piano needs at
tention, send us word at
once and have it done by
competent workmen.
L. B. Powell & Co.,
226030 Wyoming Avenue.
TOILET SETS, LAMPS,
DINNER WARE,
LADIES,
Hare you come to our new and beau
tifubstore yet ? If uut, do not miss
it It will be a treat to you and your
friends. Open stock Dinner Ware in
large varieties Toilet sets in beauti
ful new designs. Lamps in the latest
shapes and decorations. Now is the
time for selecting Christinas presents.
All the latest novelties. Come early
and get first choice.
METROPOLITAN
CHINA HALL
C. J. WEICIIEL,
Mean BUz, Cor. Wash, and Spruce St.
406
Lackawanna Avenue,
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You want the Best Values
you cau get
Nov and at All Times.
That's why no one disputes our
claim when we say thai our
Fiue Block of
Fur Coats, Fur Capes, Col
larettes, Neck Scarfs,
Huffs, Etc.,
Cannot be competed with by anj
houte in the city.
Fine Wool Seal Capes, 3 yards
wide, SO incites long, trimmed
with Americau Martin, cheap at
$25.00, Sale Price, $9.98
Fiue Imitation Martin Cape,
3 ynrda wide, 30 incites long,
handsomely lined, cheap at
$30. 00, Sale Price, $10.93
Fine Astrakhan Cape, 3 yards
wide, SO inches long, hand,
somely lined, cheap at $ 27.00,
Sale Price, $9.98
COATS.
Fine Boucle Cloth Cont, with
Velvet Collar, Cheap at $ii 25,
Sale Price, $2.93
Fine Cloth Cape, 30 inches
long, cheap at 5.00, Sale Price 93a
TRIMMED MILLINERY.
Turbans, Toques and Walking
Hats, At $1.49 and $2.49
Children's Trimmed Hats, At $1.39
Have your Furs repaired by the
only practical Furrier in the city.
J.BOLZ
138 Wyoming Aventn.
Winter
Millinery
AT
Popular
Prices. . .
Everything new, novel ond wearabla
that Is out up-to-date.
Special prlues this week in all depart
ments. Trimmed Hats at $1.23, J1.49, $1.73, $1.98,
$2.23, $2.13.
Walking Hats nt 49c., 73c., 98c., $1.25.
Turn trshanters 10e 17c, 23c, 39c, 49c.
Quills, nil colors, lc.
llirds, nil colors, 10c.
Itluck Prince of Wales Plumes, 23c, 49c,
73c.
Ostrich Feather Uoas Wo carry the
InrKest line In the city, ut $7.23, $S.49, $11.93,
$14.98.
Hats Trimmed Free
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II. LANGFELD, Successor,
324 Lackawanna Avanua,
WHITE FRONT.
Turn on the
Cathode Rays
See what immense bargains we
offer in Imported China:
Dainty little A. I). Cups and Sauc
ers, given away at 25c.
Special 15c. Each
About 300 different patterns of Cups
and Saucers, all siacs, just arrived, to
induce you to visit tis sold at COST
l'UH E, from 10c. to $1.25 each.
Kith Decorated Combs, Brush Trays,
regular price 85c UcdllCCd 10 5oC
Our 3l0tt0 High Grade Goods at
Bottom l'riscs.
31 Penn Ar?. Cpp. Eaplist Cburch.
Middle of the Block.
WILLIAM 3 MILLAR,
Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton
ROOMS 4 AND 9
OAS AND WATER CO. BUILDINO,
CORNER WYOMING AVE. AND CENTER SI
OFFICE HOT'RS from 7. a. m. to p.
tn. (1 hour Intermission for dinner and
upper.)
Particular Attention Given to Collection.
Prompt Settlement tiuaranteed. Vour Bust
lets ia Respectfully Solicited. Telephone lit-
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